Holding device for live stock.



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APPLICATION vFILED DEG. 4,1916.

Patented Apr.17, 1917.

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lll/1| IN VE N 70H JOHN W. TROXEI'JL, 0F ROBY, ILLINOIS.

HOLDING Dnvrcn nonv vLivia srooK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-11151.17, 1917.

' Application filed December 4, 1916. Serial No. 134,904.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN W. TROXELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Roby, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois,(post-office address Breckenridge, Sangamon county, Illinois,) havevhold the stock.

A more specific object of the invention'is to provide a device of theindicated purpose of strong and simple construction.

The nature of the invention and its advantages will appear as thedescription proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification in which similar reference characters indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front view of a stock-holding device embodying myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1; p

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention suitable frame members or supportingelements are provided. In the illustrated example a base 10 is formed ofspaced bars as shown best in Fig. 3 and rising from the same at the sides are standards 11, the upper portions of which are formed of spacedmembers 11a.

The standards 11 at one side rise higher than those at the other sideand to the shorter of the standards a hand lever 12 is fulcrumed at oneend as at 13. The opposite end of the lever is received between theadjacent spaced standard members 11a, which latter receive between theirupper ends a spacing block 11b which is secured in position by a bolt orrivet 14. The lever may` be held in a given position by a pin 15 whichis insertible optionally in any one of a vertical series of transversepin holes 11c in the adjacent standard members 11a. Verticalstock-holding bars.16 are provided to be moved toward and from-eachother by the" operation of the hand lever 12, the

means in the illustrated example provided for' the purpose consisting ofvertically disposed levers'v 17 outside of the holding bars 16, saidvertical levers being connected at their upperends with the lever 12 bytoggle links 18, the convergent upper ends of which are pivoted as at 19to the lever 12,

@while the lower ends of the toggle links are -pivotally connected as at20 to the respective vertical levers 17. The levers 17 are fulcrumedbetween their ends as at 21 between cross bars 22 secured tothestandards =11 at the base of the spaced standardsy 11".

In order to eect a connection between the holding bars 16 at their lowerends and the levers 17, links 23 may be employed, said links beingconnected respectively asat 24:

- and 25 to the said levers 17 and the said bars 16. At the upper endsthe bars 16 are `connected with the vertical levers 17 through themedium of straps 25; one set of straps 25 are pivotally connected at oneend to one vertical lever 17 as at 26, the opposite ends of said strapsbeing connected to the holding bar 16 at the opposite side of thestructure. Thus, connections are established between each 'lever bar 17and the opposite holding bar 16.

By the described construction the operation of the lever 12 givessubstantially a parallel movement to the 'holding bars 16 toward andfrom each other as indicated in dotted lines Fig. l in which the lever12 is indicated inthe lowered position, while the vertical levers 17 arerocked to an' inclined position,l the holding bars having been thusmoved to an inner position to embrace the neck of the animal.

The vertical levers 17 and the holding i the smallest animal that willbe required to be held.

By the employment of the straps 25 ar-A ranged as shown, the upperendsof the holding bars 16 are positively drawn together. On 'the other handthe links 23 cause the holding bars to be forced together at their lowerends without presenting any obstruction between the bars other than thebase l0 which oli'ers no material obstruction.

I wish to state in conclusion that although the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limitmyself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, sincemanifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure fromthe spirit of the invention as delined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention l claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A holding device for live stock, including a supporting structure,"approximately upright holding bars movable in said structure toward orfrom each other to grip or release an animal, upright levers disposedoutside o said holding bars and fulcrumed between their ends to rock onhorizontal axes, connections between each of said levers at the upperend thereof and 'the upper end or' the opposite holding bar, means atthe base of the structure with which the lower ends of said levers areafforded guided movement, means forming a vers at the upper end thereofand the opposite holding bar, means forming a direct connection betweeneach lever at the lower end and the holding bar adjacent thereto, thesaid levers and bars having guided movement at their lower ends in thesaid structure, a hand lever above the holdingbars and ulcrumed at oneend on said structure at one side of the latter, means to adjustablyhold the lever at the opposite side of said structure, and linksconnected with said hand lever between its ends and diverging therefrom,the lower ends of the links being pivotally secured to the upper ends ofthe first-mentioned levers.

JOHN W. TROXELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of 'atents, Washington, D. G.

